Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet (1747 – 17 August 1791) was an English diplomat.

Early life

Vincent was born in 1747. He was the eldest son of Mary Howard and

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, who served as MP for

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until his death in 1775. His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet and the former Elizabeth Sherman. His maternal grandparents were Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard, Governor of Berwick, and Mary Morton (a daughter of Rt. Rev. William Morton,

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).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1277.

Career

Upon the death of his father in 1775, he succeeded as the 8th Baronet Vincent, of D'Abernon. Sir Francis served as British

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in 1790.

Personal life

On 12 July 1779, Vincent married Mary Chiswell (1757–1826), the only child of

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, MP for Aldborough, and Mary ( Jurin) Chiswell. Her maternal grandfather was a daughter of Dr. James Jurin of

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. Together, they were the parents of: * Sir Francis Vincent, 9th Baronet (1780–1809), who married Jane Bouverie, daughter of Hon. Edward Bouverie (a son of the 1st Viscount Folkestone), in 1802. * Anna Maria Vincent (–1876), who married William Johnston Campbell, a son of Lt.-Gen. Colin Campbell and brother to

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. Sir Francis died on 17 August 1791 and was succeeded by his only son,

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.L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (

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: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 94.

Descendants

Through his daughter Anna, he was a grandfather of Mary Caroline Campbell (1820–1894), who married Andrés Avelino de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba, 13th Duke of Aliaga, in 1843.

References

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